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May 04 20142014-05-04May 04 20142014-05-04May 04 20142014-05-04Evening devotional gathering seated on mats and a rug outdoors. In the foreground a man in a dark red-brown shawl and brown dhoti, wearing a long beaded rudraksha-style mala, holds out yellow flower petals with both hands. Beside him a man in a white kurta with a grey-haired head bends forward offering petals. Around them many men and women in white clothes and rust-red shawls sit attentively, some with folded hands, others looking toward the front, with a blonde woman in white at centre. A man in a blue turban sits at the left edge. No clear evidence identifies a person as present in this frame.2014-05-04Night outdoor event. A man seated on a red throne with a gold-edged back wears a rust-orange garment, a rudraksha mala, layered gold necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and a tilak on his forehead. He takes a small yellow pouch from a young woman in a white top with a rust-coloured shawl and a beaded mala, who holds it out over a striped green-and-pink cloth on a table. Behind them, several people in white and rust clothing stand near a garlanded deity murti and pink draped fabric.2013-07-17May 04 20142014-05-04December 23 20162016-12-23Night outdoor event with stage lights. A seated figure in a white turban and a leopard-print shawl over white and gold-bordered cloth, wearing heavy gold necklaces and long swept-back hair, extends his arm to offer a fruit to a seated devotee in white. Behind him a garland of yellow and white flowers and an orange-red cloth are visible. Around them stand men in white shirts and dhotis, one with a rudraksha mala and one in an orange shawl, and a woman in a salwar holding a tray. Several people are partly visible at the edges, and a man with a rudraksha mala in a white shirt reaches toward a plate.2010-12-29May 24 20152015-05-24A seated person in a rust-brown and orange-brown garment, wearing a long garland of golden and red flowers, a large rudraksha-style bead necklace and gold jewellery, sits before a red throne with gilded edge. Another person in a crisp white shirt leans in from the right and hands over a yellow cloth bag, while a bare arm reaches in from the lower left. Behind them, devotees in white garments, one with palms pressed together, and a girl in orange with glasses stand watching in a dim hall.2013-07-04A photograph of a ceremony in which a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala, and wearing a head microphone, reaches forward to hand an item across a brown ritual platter to people. Gold paste is marked on the forehead of the figure and of several devotees. Around them stand a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris, red and orange shawls, rudraksha malas, many with orange tilak marks, some with hands folded in prayer and others holding out hands to receive. Several people are also seated in the foreground. The scene looks like an initiation or blessing in a hall.2015-05-24A seated figure with long dark hair wearing a dark maroon garment and a leopard-print skirt sits on a carved wooden throne, extending a hand to a kneeling man in a white shirt with a red-and-orange shawl and a delegate badge. The seated figure wears a large yellow and orange flower garland and a dark headdress. Behind them, several women stand with palms pressed together in anjali, dressed in white saris and white tops with red and orange lanyards, and a woman in a white outfit with purple accents stands at right. Blue stage lighting fills the dim background.2015-12-11